The aquaculture industry has assumed the heavy burden of filling the widening fish supply-demand gap in view of the tight situation that the commercial fishing sector has found itself in. The phenomenon began to take shape in recent years, particularly when high-period fossil fuel and dwindling marine resources started staring the fishing industry right in its face. Compounding these recent day problems are such constraints as rising prices of other marine fishing inputs, limited number of inputs suppliers, inadequate marketing infrastructure, limited technology and unavailability/inadequacy of credit supply.

Fernandez, R. A. (1983, December 19). Aquaculture takes center stage. Times Journal, p. 10.